Literary devices, such as wordplay, are widely used by authors everywhere for many reasons. Wordplay can be defined as an authors unique way to play with his own words; for example, puns, alleration, repitition, lexicon etc. An author might use wordplay in his/her work in order to have a unique sound, or be seen as a someone with different styles compaired to other writers. Another reason why wordplay would be used is to make the reading more enjoyable, fun, and if a writer does/does not agree with something in the media, they can use it to make fun of an issue or topic as a reflection on how they feel.

One main reason why authors choose to use wordplay in their writting is to be unique, and remembered for their work. For example, Lewis Carroll uses multiple forms of wordplay in his novel, Alice in Wonderland, some being repetition, or alliteration. As a writer, it is very important to have your work well known for the fact of standing out from others. This tends to be very crucial in the authors work to rise above and beyond, and to lure the reader into their story greater than the other author, and this could possibly lead writers to great success. Many writers, artists, poets, and other professions that include forms of personal expression use repetition, alliteration, and puns in their styles. Each type of word play has a different meaning but are all similar in the grand scheme of things.

Another reason why authors tend to chose different forms of wordplay is because it makes it more fun for the reader to read. No one likes to read a boring, dull story. Writers often use the forms of wordplay to grab the readers attention and throw them in the story with the characters for a more hands on effect. Writers use profound sentences and groups of words that allow the reader to not only understand the story, but also understand what the message that the writer is trying to portray really is.

Finally, a key reason why writers have been found to use wordplay is because it helps make fun and/or reflect on different issues in the media, society, culture, etc around us. Parodies and satire styles of writing are also used to imitate society and our world. The famous story, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain is a great example of a story containing a lot of satire. If something happens in the media that has been known for grabbing a lot of peoples attention, writers often will bring that piece of work into their writing with them, so the reader can read another persons opinion on the same subject. Readers like nothing more than laughing at the common mistake/error of society, and also have someone, or even a group of people agree with them on the topic. Satire has become one of the most popular forms of writing because of its wordplay and opinions expressed in writers books.